Creative Writing: Paint

I paint my body with my negative emotions.
This paint will stay forever no matter how long.
Maybe it’ll be a different form
A different color
A different shape
A different place
But it will be there
Permanent
Unmoving
Not fading.
I paint the floor with my positive emotions.
This paint will not stay forever.
But it may return,
A different reason
A different place
A different shape
Semi-permanent
Moving,
Fading.
No matter where I paint, I feel as though I only paint for you.
You’re permanent.
You’re unmoving.
You’re not fading.
You’re cruel
You’re what makes my body unlovable from my paint
You’re what makes my floor paint fade.
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